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SUFFOLK COUNTY 



Organized September 28, 1886, 



President, JAMES H. TUTHILL, Riverhead. 
1ST Vice-President, REV. DR. WHITAKER, Southold. 
2D Vice-President, JOSEPH H. PETTY, Amityville. 
Recording Secretary, STUART T. TERRY, Southold. 

Co.=iRESPONDING SECRETARY, R. M . BAYLES, MiDDLE ISLAND. 

Treasure'^, JAMES H. PIERSON, Southampton. 
Custodian, GEO. F. STACKPOLE, Riverhead. 



COUNCILLORS. 



HON. C. R. STREET. 



HON. THOMAS YOUNG. ) """""^' 
Hon. JOHN R. REID, ) r,^,,^,, 
JAMES B. COOPER. ) dabylon. 

HON. WILLIAM NICOLl, i. , ,^ 
Dr. A. G. THOMPSON, f '^'-'^• 
Hon. J. LAWRENCE SMITH, I c-^,., 
MOSES R. SMITH. t ^'^'^' 

S. B. STRONG, 
HON. JOHN S. HAVENS 
NAT. W. FOSTER, 
ELIHU S. MILLER. 



BROOKHAVE^ 



Riverhead. 



N. HUBBARD CLEVELAND, 
Hon. H. a. REEVES. 
Prof. E. N. HORSFORD, 
H. H. PRESTON. 
JOSEPH S.OSBORNE, 
CHARLES R. DAYToN. 



Southold. 



Shelter Island. 



East Hampton. 



Wm. S. PELLETREAU, 
Hon. H. P. HEDGES. 



Southampton. 



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COIVSTITITTION. 



Article 1. This Association shall be known as the Suffolk 
County Historical Society. 

Art. 2, The objects of the Society shall be to foster the histor- 
ical spirit in though*, sturly and purpose; to encourage historica' 
anrl antiquarian research ; to rlisseminate historical knowledge- 
to collect and preserve such autograph letters and other manu- 
Pcripti . maps, plans, charts, paintings, engravings, and othei' pic- 
torial representations, books, pamphlets, newspapers, curiosities 
and antiquities of every kind as may have been or shall be the 
products of Puffolk county, or of its several towns, some of which 
are the olf.!est English settlements and religiow' and civil organi- 
zations within the bounds of the State of New York ; and also to 
discover, prorure and preserve whatever material of any kind 
may illustrate the history of the county and of its several towns. 

Art. 3. A President, two Vice Presidents, a Recording Secre- 
tary, a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Custodian, 
and two Councillors froPi each town of the county, shall be 
chosen annually on the second Tuesday of June, to hold their 
respective offices one year, or until their several successors shall 
be elected. 

Art. 4. These officers shall together be a Board of Directors, 
who shall have supreme control of all property and possessions 
of the S')cietv, shall m^ke regulations for the safety and proper 
use of such property and possessions, and shall prepare business 
for the stated meetings of the Society ,and at each annual meeting 
make a full report of their proceedings during the previous year. 

Art. 5. Any person may become a life member of the Socie^^y 
by the payment of ten dollars, or an annual member by the pay- 
ment of one dollar. All life members, wherever resident, and all 
annual members residing in the county, but no other persons, 
shall be entitled to vote in the meetings of the Society. 



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Art. 6. The collections of the Society shall be kept and the 
annual meeting of the Society for the election of offlcers,shallbe 
held at the county seat. 

Art. 7. A majority of the officers who are not councillors, 
and as many of the councillors as may be present, shall be a 
quorum of the Boaril of Directors for the transaction of business. 

Art. 8. This constitution may he altered or amended by a 
two-thirds vote of the members present at any annual meeting, 
provided that notice, in writing, of such alteration or amendment 
shall have been given at the next preceding annual meetieg. 



BY-LAWS. 



1. Each annual membership shall end with the annual meeting 
next after the annual due is paid. 

2. Honor;^rv members, upon nomination of the Directors, rnay 
be chosen by ballot at any stated meeting of the society, provided 
the nomination has been made at a previous stated meeting. The 
persons nominated for election as honorary members shall be 
non-residents of the county and distinguished for important pub- 
lic service in historical investigation, or authorship, or kindred 
pursuits. Not more than five honorary members shall be elected 
at anv one meeting. 

3. The President shall pre=iide at all meetings of the Society 
and of the Directors, shall himself or through the Recording 
Secretary call special meetings whenever requested to do so by 
ten members of the Society, and shall deliver an address at the 
annual meeting, or make provision therefor. In case of his 
death or disability, the Vice-Presidents in their order shall suc- 
ceed him in office until the next annual election. 

4. The Recording Secretary shall keep an accurate journal of 
the proceedings of the Societv and of the Board of Directors 
and shall have the custody of the records, files and seal of the 
Society. He shall also perform whatever other duties are ap- 
propriate to his office. 

5. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the general cor- 
respondence of the Society with other similar Societies, and with 
individuals, in reference to the business and objects of the 
Society. He shall make and preserve copies of all letters which 
he writes for the Society and also keep the originals of all letters 
and communications received, until these are by order of the 
Directors deposited with the collections of the Society. 



6. The Treasurer shall receive all dues for membership, and 
all other moaeys due to the Society, and all donations or bequests 
of money made to it. He shall pay, only upon the written order 
of the President, such accounts, and make such deposits, as may 
be approved by the Board of Directors or the Society, He shall 
also render to the Society, at its annual meeting, a minute state- 
ment of his receipts and disbursements during the year, and of 
the property and debts of the Society. This statement shall be 
examined and audited by a Committee appointed at such meet 
ing for the purpose. 

7. The Custodian, under the direction of the Board of Direct- 
ors, shall arrange, protect, preserve, and catalogue all manu- 
scripts, pamphlets, books, and other historical products or mater- 
ial in the possession of the Society, and shall, before every an- 
nual meeting, make a full report to the Board of Directors in 
respect to the property in his care. 

8. All donations to the Society, and deponits accepted by the 
Board of Directors, sh <11 be properlv entered in a book kept for 
the purpose, and reported to the Society at its next stated meet- 
ing after tlie receipt thereof, and written acknowledgments shall 
also be made therefor. 

9. The Board of Directors mav provide f ^r th« reading of 
papers on historical subjects at regular meetings of the Society, 
and the manuscripts, with the consent of he authors, shall be 
owned and preserved by the Society. 

10. At all regular meetmgs of the Society, fifteen members 
shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. 

U. Notice of the annual meeting shall be given at least two 
weeks beforehand, in one er more newspapers published m the 
county. 

12. These By-Laws may be altered or amended at any stated 
meeting of the Society, provided the changes to be made have 
been proposed in writing at a previous meeting or by the Board 
of Directors. 



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